Messiah: The Gospel According to Handel's Oratorio

by Roger A. Bullard

Book Overview

This is a print on demand book and is therefore non- returnable.

This fascinating, informed guide to Handel's Messiah shows how the oratorio's text constitutes a magnificent theological statement in artistic form. Taking the fifty-three sections of the score in sequence, Roger Bullard explains each part of the oratorio text in terms of (1) how the language differs from the King James Version of the Bible or the Book of Common...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802801250
• ISBN13: 9780802801258
• Release Date: September 1993
• Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
• Length: 159 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"